Assessment of Labour Generation/ Reduction of Unemployment from the Practical Completion of Talba Housing Estate: A Study of Kpakungu, Minna, Niger State
Odaudu, Ugbede Sunday
Department of Architecture
Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Nigeria
Email: arcodauduugbede@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
One of problems Nigeria is facing is unemployment and Minna is not left out of this problem. The federal governments of Nigeria have tried several ways of solving the problem of unemployment in the country over the years but could not succeed. Thus, the practical completion of the Talba Housing Estate in Kpakungu community of Minna was studied with the aim of analysing labour generation from them. Oral interviews were conducted with inhabitants of the study area that were involved in the construction of the Talba Housing Estate. Sampling sizes were collected from 20 households using systematic random sampling method. The assessment was done based on skilled and unskilled labours and tables were employed in summarising the data and percentage was used in the analysis of data. Results showed that the construction of buildings can reduce unemployment in Nigeria, particularly, Minna and suggested that government should emphasis on the construction of more buildings, since there is a great need for housing magnitude in urban areas.
Keywords: Construction, Housing, Unemployment, Labour, Generation.
